OT: Just for fun. Who is on first?

[Mountaineer1999]

June 26, 1964
detroit @ New York
Detroit 1 - 0 11 Innings

[mattsey9]

[Buythatcard]

David & Donnie,

That was quick. I was hoping it would go a little longer.

Just curious, how did you track it down so fast? What led you to that game?

[Kawika]

The Ballantine sign was the first clue and the Yankee line-up was self-evident. Was led to the Tigers by #14, Pitcher whom I thought was Bunning but the Old Timers Day message on Saturday, August 8th made the season 1964 by which point Bunning was with the Phillies. But I saw via the uniform roster at Baseball Almanac that Wickersham took the same number and was a pitcher, so it was off to RetroSheet to see when he pitched against the Yanks and thence it all fell into place except for the part about me needing to get a life.

[Mountaineer1999]

After Yankee Stadium was a given I keyed on the catchers. I found #32 was Elston Howard and then looked at his Yankee years to get a time frame. It was then pretty easy to find Freehan as how many catchers hit cleanup? I worked my way back from 67 looking at Tigers @ Yankess boxscores (pretty easy to do on Baseball-Almanac). Eventually got to the low scoring '64 game

[Buythatcard]

Great job guys.

I wonder if I stayed for the entire 11 innings. Back in the day my Dad worked for an accounting company that had some big name clients. He always brought home first row tickets. Can't remember the last time I sat in the lower level.

During this particular game, my Dad & his friend sat about 5 rows behind me. He decided to go the bathroom and a foul ball landed in his seat. Of course, someone else grabbed it. I am 63 years old now and I have never caught a ball.

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

Great job guys.

I wonder if I stayed for the entire 11 innings. Back in the day my Dad worked for an accounting company that had some big name clients. He always brought home first row tickets. Can't remember the last time I sat in the lower level.

During this particular game, my Dad & his friend sat about 5 rows behind me. He decided to go the bathroom and a foul ball landed in his seat. Of course, someone else grabbed it. I am 63 years old now and I have never caught a ball.

Thanks for sharing and that was a fun little game. Memories of the ballpark are special memories. I never got to go with my dad but I take my boys at least once a year. Living in east Tennesse it's a little tougher to get to the park.

[Kawika]

My family lived in Manhattan and environs from 1954-1961 during which time I saw many games at Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner did a number on the place in the early 70's and thereafter it didn't look a bit like the ballpark I remember. One of the benefits of being an old dinosaur is to have wonderful memories of days at that grand ballyard watching the boys of an ancient summer play baseball.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by kawika

..... So it was off to retrosheet to see when he pitched against the yanks and thence it all fell into place except for the part about me needing to get a life.

lmao

[Rich Klein]

If you are reading a Net 54 thread about a game from more than 50 years ago you need to get a life (me too)

[Buythatcard]

We have a life. It's a Net54 life.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Kawika

. . .except for the part about me needing to get a life.

Actually I have too much of a life. My days are filled with chores and obligations and jumping through bureaucratic hoops. I am retired but you wouldn't know it. Wish I had more time for the hobby. It was a very pleasant diversion to research Howard's mystery ballgame as it took me back to those carefree days of yesteryear when I was a young baseball fan in that great Cathedral in the Bronx.